Grip Regulating Sports Glove Assembly

ABSTRACT

A grip regulating sports glove assembly for enforcing a proper grip to a shaft of a swinging device includes a glove and a block. The glove is selectively positionable over a hand of a user. The block is engaged to a palmar face glove so that the block extends substantially across metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand. The block is substantially wedge shaped and tapers from a first side to a second side. The first side is positioned proximate to fingers of the glove and abuts the shaft of the swinging device, such as a bat, a club, racket, and the like, that is gripped in the hand. The block forces proper gripping of the shaft in the hand.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to sports gloves and more particularly pertainsto a new sports glove for enforcing a proper grip to a shaft of aswinging device.

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The prior art relates to sports gloves. Prior art sports gloves that areintended to train or enforce a grip may comprise a glove with a supportcoupled thereto.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a glove that is configured to be positionable overa hand of a user. The glove has a block engaged to a palmar facethereof. The block extends substantially across metacarpophalangealjoints of the hand when the hand is positioned in the glove. The blockis substantially wedge shaped so that the block tapers from a first sideto a second side. The first side is positioned proximate to fingers ofthe glove. The first side is configured to abut a shaft of a swingingdevice, such as a bat, a club, racket, and the like, that is gripped inthe hand. The block is configured to force proper gripping of the shaftin the hand.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is an isometric perspective view of a grip regulating sportsglove assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through5 thereof, a new sports glove embodying the principles and concepts ofan embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5, the grip regulating sportsglove assembly 10 generally comprises a glove 12 that is configured tobe positionable over a hand of a user. The glove 12 has a block 14engaged to a palmar face 16 thereof. The block 14 extends substantiallyacross metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand when the hand ispositioned in the glove. The block 14 is substantially wedge shaped sothat the block 14 tapers from a first side 18 to a second side 20. Thefirst side 18 is positioned proximate to fingers 32 of the glove 12. Thefirst side 18 is configured to abut a shaft of a swinging device, suchas a bat, a club, racket, and the like, that is gripped in the hand. Theblock 14 is configured to force proper gripping of the shaft in thehand. The tapering of the block 14 enhances stability of the shaftwithin the hand.

The present invention anticipates the block 14 being integral to theglove 12. The present invention also anticipates the block 14 beingremovably couplable to the glove 12 so that the block 12 can beselectively angled relative to opposing sides 30 of the glove 12.

The block 14 is substantially rigid and may comprise hardened rubber, orother substantially rigid material, such as, but not limited to, rigidsilicone, rigid elastomer, cork, and the like. The block 14 is roundedproximate to the first side 18 to define a first section 22 and a secondsection 24 of the block 14. The first section 22 is substantiallycylindrically shaped, and the second section 24 is substantiallytriangular rod shaped, as shown in FIG. 2. The first section 22 beingsubstantially cylindrically shaped enhances comfort of the hand whengripping the bat. The second section 24 being substantially triangularrod shaped enhances the stability of the shaft within the hand.

A fastener 26 is engaged to the glove 12 proximate to an opening 28 inthe glove 12 and is configured to removably engage the glove 12 totighten the opening 28 around a wrist of the user. The fastener 26 maybe hook and loop type, as shown in FIG. 3, or other type, such as, butnot limited to, elastic band type, button type, snap type, and the like.

In another embodiment, the glove 12 is one of a pair of gloves 12. Eachglove 12 is configured to be positioned over a respective hand of theuser so that both hands have a glove 12 positioned thereupon. The blocks14 of the pair of gloves 12 are substantially parallel to andsubstantially opposingly positioned relative to the shaft of theswinging device when the shaft is gripped in the hands of the user. Thuspositioned, the blocks 14 are configured to force proper gripping of theshaft in the hands of the user, as shown in FIG. 5, wherein the hands ofthe user are gripping the handle of a bat. With the proper gripenforced, the user is positioned to swing the bat at a greater speed,thus potentially hitting a ball with increased force. Proper gripping ofthe bat also enhances an ability of the user to adjust a swing that isin progress to increase a probability of hitting the ball as desired.

In use, the glove 12 is donned by the user and tightened around thewrist using the fastener 26. When grasping the shaft of the swingingdevice, such as the bat in FIG. 5, a proper grip is enforced by theblock 14 that is engaged to the palmar face 16 of the glove 12.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unlessthe context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A grip regulating sports glove assembly comprising a gloveconfigured to be positionable over a hand of a user, the glove having ablock engaged to a palmar face thereof, such that the block extendssubstantially across metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand, the blockbeing substantially wedge shaped such that the block tapers from a firstside to a second side, the first side being positioned proximate tofingers of the glove wherein the first side is configured for abutting ashaft of a swinging device gripped in the hand, wherein the block isconfigured for forcing proper gripping of the shaft in the hand.
 2. Thegrip regulating sports glove assembly of claim 1, wherein the block issubstantially rigid.
 3. The grip regulating sports glove assembly ofclaim 2, wherein the block comprises hardened rubber.
 4. The gripregulating sports glove assembly of claim 1, wherein the block isrounded proximate to the first side defining a first section and asecond section of the block, the first section being substantiallycylindrically shaped, the second section being substantially triangularrod shaped.
 5. The grip regulating sports glove assembly of claim 1,further including a fastener engaged to the glove proximate to anopening in the glove and being configured for removably engaging theglove for tightening the opening around a wrist of the user.
 6. The gripregulating sports glove assembly of claim 1, wherein the glove is one ofa pair of gloves wherein each glove is configured to be positionableover a respective hand of the user such that both hands have a glovepositioned thereupon, such that the blocks of the pair of gloves aresubstantially parallel to and substantially opposingly positionedrelative to the shaft of the swinging device when the shaft is grippedin the hands of the user, wherein the blocks are configured for forcingproper gripping of the shaft.
 7. The grip regulating sports gloveassembly of claim 6, wherein the blocks are substantially rigid.
 8. Thegrip regulating sports glove assembly of claim 7, wherein the blockscomprise hardened rubber.
 9. The grip regulating sports glove assemblyof claim 6, wherein each block is rounded proximate to the first sidedefining a first section and a second section of the block, the firstsection being substantially cylindrically shaped, the second sectionbeing substantially triangular rod shaped.
 10. The grip regulatingsports glove assembly of claim 6, further including each glove having afastener engaged thereto proximate to an opening in the glove and beingconfigured for removably engaging the glove for tightening the openingaround a wrist of the user.
 11. A grip regulating sports glove assemblycomprising: a glove configured to be positionable over a hand of a user,the glove having a block engaged to a palmar face thereof, such that theblock extends substantially across metacarpophalangeal joints of thehand, the block being substantially wedge shaped such that the blocktapers from a first side to a second side, the first side beingpositioned proximate to fingers of the glove wherein the first side isconfigured for abutting a shaft of a swinging device gripped in thehand, wherein the block is configured for forcing proper gripping of theshaft in the hand, the block being substantially rigid, the blockcomprising hardened rubber, the block being rounded proximate to thefirst side defining a first section and a second section of the block,the first section being substantially cylindrically shaped, the secondsection being substantially triangular rod shaped; a fastener engaged tothe glove proximate to an opening in the glove and being configured forremovably engaging the glove for tightening the opening around a wristof the user; and the glove being one of a pair of gloves wherein eachglove is configured to be positionable over a respective hand of theuser such that both hands have a glove positioned thereupon, such thatthe blocks of the pair of gloves are substantially parallel to andsubstantially opposingly positioned relative to the shaft of theswinging device when the shaft is gripped in the hands of the user,wherein the blocks are configured for forcing proper gripping of theshaft.